Abstinence-Only Education: How We Got Here and Where We're Going

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 24 - Trang 445-459 - 2003
Karen (Kay) Perrin, Sharon Bernecki DeJoy

Tóm tắt

This paper examines the history of abstinence education in the United States and the empirical evidence of its effectiveness in preventing teenage pregnancy. It concludes that abstinence education has not yet been proven effective, and therefore recommends that federal policy and funding should be directed towards teen pregnancy prevention programs that have demonstrated success.